https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/human-rights/RSS feed for Human RightsenSat, 28 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/discover-the-story-behind-a-legendary-expose-of-the-brutality-of-the-soviet-union-180985658/Published on this day in 1973, "The Gulag Archipelago" drew on Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's experiences as a political dissident in a prison camp, but it left him deported and stateless for the next two decadesSat, 28 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/discover-the-story-behind-a-legendary-expose-of-the-brutality-of-the-soviet-union-180985658/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/music-is-now-illegal-in-chechnyaif-it-doesnt-meet-authorities-tempo-restrictions-180984159/Officials have given artists until June 1 to rewrite material that does not fall within the accepted rangeTue, 16 Apr 2024 17:08:44 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/music-is-now-illegal-in-chechnyaif-it-doesnt-meet-authorities-tempo-restrictions-180984159/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/iranian-womens-rights-activist-narges-mohammadi-wins-2023-nobel-peace-prize-180983027/Mohammadi, who is currently in prison, is at the forefront of the fight against oppression in IranFri, 06 Oct 2023 20:30:56 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/iranian-womens-rights-activist-narges-mohammadi-wins-2023-nobel-peace-prize-180983027/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/swiss-seniors-are-suing-over-climate-changes-threat-to-their-health-180982676/Amid record-setting heat, the group of women argue that their government's failure to cut fossil fuel emissions has violated their human rightsTue, 08 Aug 2023 21:17:02 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/swiss-seniors-are-suing-over-climate-changes-threat-to-their-health-180982676/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/heartstopper-hungary-bookstore-fine-lgbtq-180982576/Officials say the bookseller broke the law by promoting the novel to minors and failing to wrap it in plastic foilFri, 21 Jul 2023 13:42:10 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/heartstopper-hungary-bookstore-fine-lgbtq-180982576/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/heirs-jewish-art-dealers-holocaust-legal-battle-180982065/For over a decade, they've argued that their ancestors were forced to sell valuable artifacts. Now, they're back in court with a new legal strategyFri, 28 Apr 2023 18:20:40 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/heirs-jewish-art-dealers-holocaust-legal-battle-180982065/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/andy-warhol-saudi-arabia-180981685/Critics say the show helps bolster the regime's reputation—and obscure its human rights violationsMon, 27 Feb 2023 19:45:02 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/andy-warhol-saudi-arabia-180981685/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/jafar-panahi-acclaimed-iranian-director-of-no-bears-released-from-prison-after-declaring-hunger-strike-180981576/The renowned filmmaker had been arrested in July when authorities reactivated a 2010 sentenceFri, 03 Feb 2023 21:18:23 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/jafar-panahi-acclaimed-iranian-director-of-no-bears-released-from-prison-after-declaring-hunger-strike-180981576/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/famed-iranian-actress-taraneh-alidoosti-released-from-arrest-over-anti-government-social-media-posts-180981405/Alidoosti had criticized Iran's brutal crackdown on protests following the death of Mahsa AminiFri, 06 Jan 2023 21:08:44 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/famed-iranian-actress-taraneh-alidoosti-released-from-arrest-over-anti-government-social-media-posts-180981405/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/irans-most-famous-actress-arrested-for-using-social-media-to-criticize-government-180981327/Taraneh Alidoosti was detained after criticizing the government’s execution of a protesterMon, 19 Dec 2022 21:58:10 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/irans-most-famous-actress-arrested-for-using-social-media-to-criticize-government-180981327/